Fix type aliasing that's strictly speaking incompatible and may actually be skipped by the compiler

(according to http://blog.worldofcoding.com/2010/02/solving-gcc-44-strict-aliasing-problems.html).

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/backupstore/BackupClientFileAttributes.cpp b/lib/backupstore/BackupClientFileAttributes.cpp
index 0d7df4d7..bc39bd8b 100644
--- a/lib/backupstore/BackupClientFileAttributes.cpp
+++ b/lib/backupstore/BackupClientFileAttributes.cpp
@@ -1183,6 +1183,7 @@ uint64_t BackupClientFileAttributes::GenerateAttributeHash(EMU_STRUCT_STAT &st,
 	digest.Finish();
 	
 	// Return the first 64 bits of the hash
-	uint64_t result = *((uint64_t *)(digest.DigestAsData()));
+	uint64_t result;
+	memcpy(&result, digest.DigestAsData(), sizeof(result));
 	return result;
 }